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Monday, September 2, 2013

Tiger's Scoring

Today's opponents, the Tigers and Red Sox have the most powerful offenses in MLB, having scored 699 and 698 runs, respectively.

Coming into today's game, the Tigers have 1390 hits to Boston's 1317. I had a feeling that Detroit's run production was not very efficient. So I took a look at runs/hit. Oakland is best at .535. Boston 2nd at .530. The Tigers, at .503, are in 10th place behind Cleveland, Baltimore, St. Louis, Toronto, Cincinnati, Atlanta and Texas.

Too many men LOB. Three doubles already in today's game [5th inning] and nothing to show for it.

Back on August 24, they beat up on Mets starter Matt Harvey for 13 hits - and 1 run. They finished the game with 3 runs on 15 hits. Last night they were shut out on 11 hits. Extreme examples, sure, but pay attention to all the runners who do not score.

If the Tigers had the 5th place Cardinals' .518 runs/hit, they'd have scored 20 more runs by now.

Change in Plans No. 2. Stock Market Musings are now located at Amateur Elliott

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Disclaimer

Do I need to point out that I am not a financial adviser, registered stock analyst, or anything other than a guy playing with ideas for his own amusement?

Get your own data, do your own thinking, make your own decisions. I am not telling anybody to do anything with even a single penny of their assets. Happy Speculating!

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Change in Plans

Starting Sunday, Feb. 6, 2010, light-hearted stuff has been moved to a new blog. If you are meant to find it, you probably will. If you need directions, write me.

Meanwhile the heavy-hearted - and heavy-handed stuff stays here.

Cheers!JzB

Rules of Engagement

Over at Angry Bear, Mike Kimel has posted a list of things to think about, if you want to be taken seriously. It might be worth your time to check it out. A few are specific to his situation, most are not.

Examples:#1 Don't cite authority as proof.#2 Get your data from a reputable source.#7 Do not argue by assertion.#15 Time moves in a single direction.